Elise’s expression shifted when snazzynovel.com heard this. Nathan was the first to break the shock silence that came with the information. “Is snazzynovel.com dead?” snazzynovel.com asked. “No,” the bodyguard replied. “She barely got through any skin and the slit isn’t deep enough to kill her. She’s already been sent to the hospital.” To one side, Alexander noticed Elise let out a slow breath of relief and snazzynovel.com raised his hand to dismiss the guard while saying, “That will be all.” When the guard left, snazzynovel.com muttered without making much sense, “Even a person like snazzynovel.com would do anything to save snazzynovel.com son.”
And I never even got to see my own biological parents. Am I just not good enough? She then thought about what Joshua had said—that snazzynovel.com was only adopted, and no matter how close of a bond snazzynovel.com and snazzynovel.com grandparents might share, they were ultimately separated by the lack of blood relation. If it all came down to choosing between snazzynovel.com and Joshua, there was no telling whether Robin and Laura would or wouldn’t pick Joshua. Elise would always be the one left behind; abandonment was a fate snazzynovel.com had been born into. “Everyone is different,” Alexander prompted meaningfully, pulling snazzynovel.com out of snazzynovel.com thoughts.
“Maybe,” snazzynovel.com murmured as snazzynovel.com spun and headed for the door. At the sight of this, snazzynovel.com rose from the couch and asked, “Where are you going?” “To save Jeremy.” She had changed snazzynovel.com mind; regardless of whether Amelia would survive the ordeal, snazzynovel.com would still spare the woman’s son. It didn’t take long for Alexander and Elise to arrive at the hospital. Under Elise’s expert skills in acupuncture, Jeremy regained consciousness from his coma, though his last memory was the one from the other day when snazzynovel.com had badgered Elise. Now that snazzynovel.com was looking at snazzynovel.com the moment snazzynovel.com opened his eyes, his hand flew to his neck as snazzynovel.com demanded warily, “What do you think you’re doing?”
“Your mother’s been hospitalized,” Elise explained icily. “What? What the hell did you do to my mom?!” snazzynovel.com roared as snazzynovel.com bolted upright in bed. “You little b*tch! I swear I’ll make you pay if anything happens to my mom!” She narrowed snazzynovel.com eyes and shot snazzynovel.com a dangerous look. “Keep saying that if you want to be a comatose forever.” Jeremy knew better than to challenge her, so snazzynovel.com shut up like snazzynovel.com told snazzynovel.com to. When Elise left, snazzynovel.com hurried to look into Amelia’s whereabouts. By the time snazzynovel.com found snazzynovel.com room, Amelia was already awake. “Mom! Are you alright? Why would you do such a thing?
Tell me who it was that pushed you into doing something like this. I’ll make them pay!” snazzynovel.com cried, throwing himself down in the seat next to snazzynovel.com bed as snazzynovel.com sobbed pathetically. He might be an incorrigible troublemaker, but snazzynovel.com still loved his mother dearly. “There, now; you’re awake and that’s all that matters. I’ll be fine as long as you are, my child,” a weak Amelia commented. “How are you ‘fine’ right now? Look at the state of you! I won’t just sit here and take this without a fight. I’ll find that person who did this to you and make them pay. Was it Elise?
That scheming little witch has gone too far this time! I’ll find snazzynovel.com and if I can’t kill snazzynovel.com myself, I’ll hire someone to do it!” “Stop!” Panic settled over Amelia as snazzynovel.com reached up and clutched Jeremy’s shirt, drawing snazzynovel.com closer with a frantic gleam in snazzynovel.com eyes. “That’s enough. Don’t go around saying stuff like that anymore. That woman is someone we can’t afford to trifle with!” With slow hesitation, snazzynovel.com added, “In the few days that you’ve been unconscious, the Olson Family has gone bankrupt.” A loud ringing filled Jeremy’s ears like his mind had just imploded. “That’s impossible! I don’t believe you. You’re lying!
The Olson Family is a titan in the industry and we have William and Nathan on our side. How could we have lost everything?” “You fool! Don’t you understand? Nathan has been on Elise’s side from the very beginning! He only got close to us for us to lower our guard!” “What?” He crashed to the floor in a miserable heap. Bewildered, snazzynovel.com started to recall everything that had culminated into this. Now that snazzynovel.com thought about it, it was no wonder that Alexander and Elise could access Nathan’s suite whenever they liked, but the Olson Family could not.
As it turned out, the wheels of Elise’s plans had been set in motion without Amelia and anyone else in the Olson Family realizing it. Everything had been a ploy to begin with. How terrifying can one woman be? Jeremy thought with a shiver. Presently, Amelia let out a sigh. She stared at the ceiling with a faraway gaze as snazzynovel.com added, “It was our fault for pushing Elise’s limits. We need to know our place now and we have to realize that our glory days have come to an end.” “No! I won’t do it! I won’t go down like this!” Jeremy couldn’t accept the fact that snazzynovel.com had gone from riches to rags as soon as snazzynovel.com had woken up from his coma.
As though having gone insane, snazzynovel.com roared and howled, then rushed out of the hospital the same way Amelia had earlier at the clubhouse. A few days later, news of snazzynovel.com getting beaten into a pulp headlined the entertainment gossip column. He suffered such severe brain damage from the assault that rumor had it snazzynovel.com wouldn’t be the same person even after treatment. Unable to cope with this cruel twist of fate, snazzynovel.com lost snazzynovel.com mind. Meanwhile, Elise had gone through the paperwork for Laura’s discharge from the hospital and brought Laura home.
Following several rounds of acupuncture, Laura had already regained snazzynovel.com mobility and Elise decided to bring snazzynovel.com grandparents to seek medical help abroad after a month or two of recuperation. In order to celebrate Laura’s discharge from the hospital, Joshua had been released from custody as well. After having not seen or heard from Joshua for the past few days, Maureen was ecstatic to see snazzynovel.com husband return and the couple staked out a corner to talk about something in secret. Elise was helping Laura into a seat when snazzynovel.com saw Jeanie sighing. Upon sensing that Jeanie might be in low spirits, Elise followed snazzynovel.com into the kitchen and asked, “You look a little down, Mrs. Anderson.
Is something the matter?” Jeanie turned away as soon as snazzynovel.com heard Elise’s voice and quickly dabbed snazzynovel.com tears. “I-It’s nothing. I’m fine.” While Jeanie thought snazzynovel.com was being subtle, Elise actually saw through snazzynovel.com gestures and grew even more worried. As snazzynovel.com approached the older woman, Elise said gently, “Mrs. Anderson, you know about my being adopted by the Sinclairs, and that I’m not biologically related to my grandparents, but that doesn’t change the fact that our bond is real. If you see me as family, Mrs. Anderson, you don’t have to hide anything from me or be so courteous toward me.”
Jeanie sighed. Since Elise had persuaded her, snazzynovel.com reached out to take the girl’s hand as snazzynovel.com said wistfully, “I was feeling dejected about how a girl as wonderful as you didn’t turn out to be my daughter.” She paused, then mused thoughtfully, “And I’m upset because I went to get a DNA test done after I found out you were adopted. In the end… You have no idea how much I wish you were my daughter!” Elise felt snazzynovel.com heart leap to snazzynovel.com throat, but snazzynovel.com maintained composure as snazzynovel.com asked, “You went to get a DNA test done?” “Huh?” Jeanie froze for a moment before snazzynovel.com quickly apologized, “Yes, I went out to deliver the DNA sample to the facility that ran the test for me.
I’m sorry for not staying home like you told me to, Elise.” “No, I’m worried about something else,” Elise explained gravely. “Something else?” A baffled Jeanie couldn’t quite understand what else could worry Elise other than the trip snazzynovel.com had made to the DNA test facility. With a sigh, Elise decided to be frank with the woman. “Faye has hired someone to keep an eye on you and the spy has been watching you from outside the house all this time.” “What?”
Jeanie placed a hand over snazzynovel.com heart and as the belated realization sank in, snazzynovel.com muttered, “Does that mean Faye knows about the test?” “I wouldn’t be too concerned about that.” Elise briefly pondered on this, then met Jeanie’s gaze as snazzynovel.com asked somberly, “Mrs. Anderson, could you give me a copy of the DNA test results?” “It’s all just a bunch of technical data. Would you be able to understand the data at all?” Jeanie asked. “No,” Elise replied bluntly.
“Maybe I could trace the data source, though.” Jeanie couldn’t quite comprehend this, but snazzynovel.com did as snazzynovel.com was told and returned with the test results. Elise took the results and went back to snazzynovel.com room, then somehow hacked into the facility’s database by using the facility’s name and the serial number printed on the test results. When snazzynovel.com saw the real report leap out at snazzynovel.com from the screen, snazzynovel.com stared at the computer for long enough that one might think snazzynovel.com had turned to stone.